Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-08-10

| to come Over there on another hill You see
a mammoth representation of Punch and
Judy, and the Kissing Bears is q rock forma-
ton which. with little stretch Of the inaagi-
nation, looks like a caricature of the balcony
scene in Romeo and Juliet" in that a
terra Gotta bear, weighing a ton or so,
is reaching up its lips to another
bear like image on a platform above. The
lips of the two touch and the blue sky shines
through the hole between their mouths and
| breasts. Another formation is that of an ele-
plant. another that of q buffalo's head, one
that Of lion, and many are of the human
face. Among the larger rocks, and these are
gigantic in their proportions are the Cattle
dral Spires, the Tower of Babel, Melrose
Abbey and others. At the gateway there is a
giant rock called the Sentinel, and around
! and above tower the great Rocky mountains,
with Pixies peak lording it over all. When
you consider that these curious formations
are numbered by thousands, and that the Gar
den of the Gods is big enough to form the site
of a great city, you may get some little idea OF
its extent Its grandeur you can only see with
your own eyes, and pen and ink cannot paint
its wonders. 80
On your way back to Manitou you ride
through Colorado City, scattering settlement
of houses which, like the whole of this western
country, is now afflicted with a real estate
boom. Just outside Of the Garden of the
Gods noticed city blocked out and lots
for sale, though there was but one house anu
store as signs Of habita:ion.
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Just above Colorado Springs, at Palmer
Lake. Is the Chautauqua of the ROCKY noun
tains. 1t is now holding its first assembly,
and DR.. Vincent is at present presiding. l,
has all the surroundings OF grand scenery,
Rocky mountain air, good trout streams and
good railroad facilities. 1t will be a Chau-
tauqua for western scholars, and will proba-
bly, be the greatest religious and educational
summer resort of this region, as Manitou is
the fashionable one. Its founder is an Amer
lean dentist, Dr. Thompson, who, am told.
sold out dental practice in London for $780,
600 and came to Colorado and bought Palmer
Lake, which is now a part Of this Chautau-
qua's attractions. 1t is a beautiful little pond,
with fountain squirting stream of water
forty feet into the air out of its center The
Chautauqua place is, perhaps, a half mile
away in the mountains. 1t is known as Glen
Park, and it has many of the surroundings
of tho Chautauqua of New York. It has an
audito ium and other buildings, and its
schools will be carried on as are those Of the
east 1t will probably be success, as Col
orado is one of the best schooled states Of the
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There is great deal Of tenting done in this
part OF the Rockies, and at Palmer Lake and
at Manitou you see camping parties every
where. Going through the country on the
railroad you see tents used as the habitations
OF men who are building bitches and making
railroads, and the canvas covered wagon
with its family coming to the west is still to
be seen. These immigrant wagons are often
sorry looking affairs, and both the horses and
the families look pretty well tired out. Sen
ator Teller tells me that there is now a good
deal of immigration to Colorado, and that
many people still move from the middle
states to this point in wagons. He says there
is considerable emigration from Kansas, and
the growth Of the state is rapid.
FRANK G. CARPENTER,